Originally Posted By: bsmithwins
Originally Posted By: hatt
What was the point? Plenty of guns are going to fail when you sift dirt all over them. Mini 14 isn't a military weapon. Never designed for adverse conditions. I would have been interested in what the AR would have done with the dust cover open.
Originally Posted By: hatt
What was the point? Plenty of guns are going to fail when you sift dirt all over them. Mini 14 isn't a military weapon. Never designed for adverse conditions. I would have been interested in what the AR would have done with the dust cover open.
The point was, when under identical conditions, the Mini failed while the AR and AUG worked. Running it Dry, with oil, or grease didn't prevent the Mini from having severe stoppages.
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I knew before I even clicked the you tube link that this test would be conducted with a 180 series mini. 180 series mini suck. They never were reliable and to make matters worse, it appears the guy had old parts. LOL look closely at the flash supressor!!!!. I could have told you from the start this gun would have problems with dirt. Ruger mini 14's were almost designed to not be reliable, on purpose.... The CEO Bill Ruger never wanted his company to produce a reliable "assault rifle" and he admitted this several times out loud, on TV and every where he possibly could. As soon as Bill ruger kicked the bucket, ruger was out to make the mini 14 come to be what it is now, a reliable carbine with enough durability to hold its own against the competition and be a viable option to most other semi auto rifles. You really cant compare an old min 14 to the new ones, in any respect.
The 580 series mini 14's are almost a completely different gun and much more reliable than the older 180 series tested in the vid. Almost all the parts, especially the gas operating system, have been redesigned and are now made with much better tooling and much better production processes.
I make two points here. 1. I think the outcome of this test would have been MUCH different if he used a new production mini 14, factory ruger stock and possibly American produced ammunition. 2. 180 series mini 14 are garbage, they had reliability problems even before you start dumping dirt into them. On a side note, the chances of dirt being dumped into any rifle like that in real life, VERY slim.
If you really are interested in the new mini 14:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fk84KLiaa4